Thursday 16th |10.00am | Clarion Hotel
Documentary Masterclass with Blast! director Paul Devlin
Paul Devlin, director, editor, producer.
A five-time Emmy winner for his work
on NBC's Olympics and CBS's Tour de
France, Paul Devlin's films include Power
Trip, which screened in festivals and on
television in 60 countries, was released
theatrically across the United States, and
was nominated for an Independent Spirit
Award, as well as having won 10 film
festival awards, including top prizes at
Berlin, Hot Docs in Toronto, and Florida.
Paul also made the award-winning film SlamNation, which
follows the fierce competition at the National Poetry Slam
and helped popularise the dynamic genre with its release in
cinemas and on HBO/Cinemax and Encore/Starz. Paul's latest
film Blast! is screening at festivals worldwide.
Blast! was presented at the 2006 IFP Market and 2007
Toronto Documentary Forum attracting co-production
partners BBC Storyville, Discovery Channel Canada, SVT/
Sweden, and YLE/FST Finland. Paul was awarded the 2007
New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) Individual Artists
Grant for $25,000 through IFP fiscal sponsorship.
Paul will guide participants through creative ways of independent
filmmaking, from packaging the initial funding
applications, to production, through to festivals, sales and
exhibition strategy.
Attendance at the Masterclass is by application only and is
open to emerging filmmakers or those who have done a
course in film production. The course fee is 25 euro.
For further information and application forms please contact
info@corkfilmfest.org

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Friday 17th | 2.00pm | Clarion Hotel
Cinematography Masterclass with Robbie Ryan
Dublin-born Robbie Ryan has spent 15 years behind the camera,
establishing himself as one of Ireland’s leading cinematographers
with a body of work spanning major feature films,
numerous award-winning shorts and an impressive resumé of
advertising and music video work.
A graduate of Ireland’s Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design
& Technology, Ryan is now based in London. His recent feature
credits include the Bafta-nominated Brick Lane as well as
Red Road, the recipient of a 2006 Cannes Jury prize.
Ryan also boasts an impressive track record in short film.
Among his work to have been screened in Cork in recent years
is Wasp - winner of the Academy Award for Best Live Action
Short in 2003 - as well as the Bafta-winning Shadowscan and
Antonio’s Breakfast.
Ryan has also worked - primarily with 35mm - on films such
as the Irish horror Isolation, commercials for brands such as
Orange, Samsung, Nintendo and the British Tourist Board,
and on pop promos for the likes of The Kaiser Chiefs, Amy
Winehouse, Super Furry Animals, Goldfrapp and Kasabian.
This innovative and talented cinematographer and DoP, will
present a workshop for emerging cinematographers and firsttime
filmmakers.
Attendance at the Masterclass is by application only and is
open to emerging filmmakers or those who have done a
course in film production. The course fee is 25 euro.
For further information and application forms please contact
info@corkfilmfest.org

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Friday 17th | 10.00am | Clarion Hotel
The Business of Shorts
This is a one-day intensive course for short filmmakers –
directors and producers – aimed at maximising the exposure
and hence the sales of their short films. The course will also
explore new markets for short content.
Topics will include:
Making Festivals Work For you
New Opportunities for short films
Video art - galleries or festivals?
Case studies: Directors and Producers
Speakers will include:
Axel Behrens, Hamburg Short Film Festival
Vanessa Capurso, Head of Acquisitions, Shorts International
Lurent Crouzeix, Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival
Michael Fortune, filmmaker and video artist
Mick Hannigan, Corona Cork Film Festival
Paddy Jolley, filmmaker and video artist
Fran Keaveney, Bord Scannán na hÉireann/Irish Film Board
Joe Lawlor, filmmaker
Elisa Miller, Palme d’Or winner for Best Short Film,
Cannes 2007
Peter Taylor, Rotterdam Film Festival
Miguel Valverde, Indielisboa Film Festival
Attendance at the Business of Shorts is by application only
and is open to those who have made at least one short
and/or have done a course in film production.
For further information an

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